George H. W. Bush carried South Dakota R+3.5.

Bill Clinton (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in South Dakota, 1992. The state ran 9.1 points more Republican than the nation (D+5.6 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1992 ballot here.

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · George H. W. Bush (R) · Ross Perot (Independent)

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South Dakota result

336,254 votes counted

Clinton (D)

124,888

37.1%

Bush (R)

136,718

40.7%

Perot (I)

73,295

21.8%

All others

1,353

0.4%

Margin

R+3.5

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1992 presidential election

South Dakota, 1992

BushR+3.5

How it voted

Share of the 1992 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	40.7%	136,718
Bill ClintonDemocratic	37.1%	124,888
OtherAll other candidates	0.4%	1,353

D+60

R+60

66 counties, each filled by 1992 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1992 contest in context

South Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−36.5%
1896	+0.2%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−49.4%
1908	−23.8%
1912	+42.1%
1916	+3.9%
1920	−41.0%
1924	−36.3%
1928	−21.0%
1932	+29.2%
1936	+11.5%
1940	−14.8%
1944	−16.7%
1948	−4.8%
1952	−38.5%
1956	−16.8%
1960	−16.4%
1964	+11.2%
1968	−11.3%
1972	−8.6%
1976	−1.5%
1980	−28.8%
1984	−26.5%
1988	−6.3%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−3.5%
2000	+22.7%
2004	−21.3%
2008	−8.4%
2012	−18.0%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−26.2%
2024	−29.2%

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County results — 1992

66 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Aurora County	D	+5.0%	680	594	435	1,712
Beadle County	D	+6.2%	3,925	3,363	1,819	9,136
Bennett County	R	−11.9%	413	556	221	1,197
Bon Homme County	D	+2.4%	1,294	1,212	836	3,367
Brookings County	R	−0.4%	4,645	4,698	2,614	12,002
Brown County	D	+4.7%	7,521	6,665	3,812	18,047
Brule County	D	+5.7%	1,060	908	687	2,676
Buffalo County	D	+29.2%	282	137	72	496
Butte County	R	−18.9%	973	1,674	1,039	3,700
Campbell County	R	−33.4%	222	574	252	1,053
Charles Mix County	D	+1.7%	1,639	1,570	886	4,099
Clark County	R	−0.2%	799	803	761	2,375
Clay County	D	+15.9%	2,826	1,869	1,303	6,036
Codington County	R	−2.2%	3,701	3,943	3,262	10,943
Corson County	R	−3.1%	444	483	321	1,251
Custer County	R	−10.2%	1,078	1,422	845	3,363
Davison County	D	+2.1%	3,285	3,111	1,706	8,146
Day County	D	+11.2%	1,578	1,161	973	3,725
Deuel County	D	+4.2%	880	778	761	2,423
Dewey County	D	+7.1%	766	642	340	1,752
Douglas County	R	−33.6%	481	1,175	403	2,067
Edmunds County	R	−2.2%	894	944	415	2,260
Fall River County	R	−3.1%	1,416	1,533	792	3,754
Faulk County	R	−11.9%	488	658	281	1,434
Grant County	R	−2.7%	1,484	1,595	1,018	4,110
Gregory County	R	−5.7%	879	1,027	688	2,615
Haakon County	R	−49.4%	209	860	245	1,318
Hamlin County	R	−11.2%	826	1,133	774	2,740
Hand County	R	−13.6%	785	1,130	624	2,546
Hanson County	D	+3.1%	566	522	341	1,435
Harding County	R	−42.7%	139	515	225	881
Hughes County	R	−21.5%	2,578	4,325	1,160	8,121
Hutchinson County	R	−19.0%	1,211	2,002	920	4,156
Hyde County	R	−14.6%	301	440	211	955
Jackson County	R	−23.6%	351	627	184	1,168
Jerauld County	D	+5.6%	600	518	346	1,467
Jones County	R	−37.0%	166	454	154	779
Kingsbury County	D	+4.9%	1,267	1,113	744	3,143
Lake County	D	+8.9%	2,388	1,890	1,299	5,590
Lawrence County	R	−6.3%	3,157	3,770	2,673	9,659
Lincoln County	R	−5.3%	2,943	3,365	1,593	7,923
Lyman County	R	−12.4%	486	669	311	1,480
Marshall County	D	+10.7%	1,056	810	427	2,297
McCook County	R	−0.3%	1,167	1,177	617	2,984
McPherson County	R	−26.7%	478	945	322	1,752
Meade County	R	−20.1%	2,694	4,724	2,611	10,075
Mellette County	R	−16.6%	277	417	140	841
Miner County	D	+9.8%	698	543	332	1,584
Minnehaha County	D	+3.0%	27,016	25,081	11,496	63,786
Moody County	D	+18.5%	1,473	898	715	3,104
Oglala Lakota County	R	−18.4%	11,106	18,052	8,358	37,669
Pennington County	R	−15.4%	566	872	541	1,991
Perkins County	R	−22.9%	493	901	375	1,778
Potter County	D	+6.8%	1,716	1,437	954	4,121
Roberts County	D	+2.3%	632	595	376	1,610
Sanborn County	D	+63.1%	1,267	225	137	1,651
Spink County	D	+5.0%	1,732	1,527	839	4,112
Stanley County	R	−20.9%	427	719	240	1,399
Sully County	R	−28.9%	273	565	167	1,010
Todd County	D	+28.2%	915	456	246	1,630
Tripp County	R	−12.3%	1,046	1,459	848	3,363
Turner County	R	−9.3%	1,507	1,906	867	4,290
Union County	D	+8.4%	2,210	1,784	1,085	5,097
Walworth County	R	−21.0%	829	1,439	628	2,908
Yankton County	R	−0.3%	3,404	3,430	2,511	9,372
Ziebach County	R	−6.6%	280	328	117	730